School put my child at risk I don't know what to do!

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I collected my child from school yesterday she came out with what I thought was a braslet, when walking home with her friend and brother (and myself) she came to me all tearer saying she needs to wash her mouth so as soon as we got in I washed her mouth, because by need it was going red and she was really crying, I was wondering what the hell was going on to be honest them I noticed this braslet was a 'glow stick' the she had bitten it in the way home, she also told me she has swallow some to, she was really crying and saying her mouth jn n out was string, I gave her a cup of milk and phoned the Nhs advice line which told me how to look after her n so on, it all claimed down after 30 mins, but the lady in the line asked me if any of the glass in the glow stick had got out :o I looked at it closely and in the slits that she had bitten there was glass, I was furious. She's fine now and I've kept an eye on her and the lady on the phoned gave me lots of advise. I went up to the school this morning to find out why she had this glow stick n why wasn't I told, the teacher that gave her the stick wasn't there but I asked to see the packet, which turns out that be in a treat box for children that have done good work, on the packet it dose state that "this is not a toy, must be kept out of reach of children, and must be supervised at all times, contains hazed liquids and glass" so why are the school giving these things to my 5 year old daughter and other children!

My DS did the same, bit the end off a glow stick and got the chemical liquid in his mouth, and he was 6 when he did it. Luckily I was with him, and immediately washed his mouth out, so no ill effects. I didn't know they had glass inside.

Of course we tell our children not to put things in their mouths, and of course they still go ahead and do it.

Good grief, what a lot of fuss over nothing. She's 5 - it's her own daft fault for chewing the glow stick and yours for not paying more attention to the bracelet/what she was doing. Surely she's had them before? Don't blame the school.

My 5yo DS bit and broke a glow stick last year.

He's nearly 6 and still chews / bites things.

Seriously, you need to chill out. Contents aren't toxic and the glass is so incredibly unlikely to emerge from the plastic coating and do anything, the risk really is minor.

I feel sorry for the poor teacher, who was (spending her own money no doubt) trying to do nice things for the kids and gets irate PFB parents.

You say you noticed she had a bracelet on when she came out of school so why didn't you look what it was at that point?

Surely what you do is tell the teacher that your daughter bit the glowstick and got some glass in the cut. That will almost certainly ne sufficient for her/him never to give them out again.

And you have done that already.

Im with Boysboysboys. Its worth mentioning to the school so they know what has happened as if they dont know theres a problem they cant avoid it in the future. But no need to go over the top. They were only trying to encourage and reward your DD and cant see every possibility. I dont think that many 5 year olds would have bitten through it. And they are only human. Take a deep breath, sleep on it, then go and talk to them about it when you feel suitably chilled.

Im with Boysboysboys. Its worth mentioning to the school so they know what has happened as if they dont know theres a problem they cant avoid it in the future. But no need to go over the top. They were only trying to encourage and reward your DD and cant see every possibility. I dont think that many 5 year olds would have bitten through it. And they are only human. Take a deep breath, sleep on it, then go and talk to them about it when you feel suitably chilled.

We ended up at A&E last year with dd2 after a glow stick accident.

However I maintain that an 8yo is easily old enough not to decide to see what happens if you cut one in half (if she'd asked I'd happily do it under controlled conditions). Then hide it on a book case above her bed. Then decide to do some sneaky reading after lights out, pulling the glow stick down onto her and into her eyes... You really can't blame the manufacturers, or the person who put it in the party bag, for her idiocity.

Luckily no damage done (apparently some glow sticks are worse than others) but both me and the triage nurse gave a rather unsympathetic lecture to dd2 about using common sense.